Dunnellon man critically injured when car hits parked flatbed

Saturday

Later, another driver struck a parked DPD vehicle at the crash scene and was ticketed.

A 26-year-old man was seriously injured when the car he was driving struck the empty flatbed trailer of a parked semi beside County Road 484 in Dunnellon early Saturday morning.

The driver, Robert Franklin, of Dunnellon, was listed in critical condition at Ocala Regional Medical Center on Saturday afternoon, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers said he had been driving a 2005 Acura west in the 20200 block of CR 484 when he veered to the right and slammed into the back of the trailer.

Dunnellon police were dispatched to the crash at 3:37 a.m. and secured the scene. They had closed the westbound lane and were waiting for troopers to arrive when a car continued through the closed lane and hit a police vehicle.

The 2015 Ford Focus, driven by Martinita Bishop, of Inglis, damaged the rear passenger side of the DPD sport utility vehicle, troopers said. She was ticketed for careless driving.

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